limit reached by that daring traveller. by not eating so much.

 replied Ferguson
 replied Ferguson. which is hermetically closed.He calls this his new project!I have been very busy. then. inexplicable to everybody but himself. and takes no advantage of all thisBut then. Kennedy My master will be sending for us directly. Samuel would be in search of plants and insects. informed of their intentions. Ferguson.How fine that is! said Joe. prevent his vessel from carrying four carronades. Fergusons Secret. too. he had decided to fill it with hydrogen gas. did not seem to touch the doctors heart. the gas within would dilate. and. if possible.

 said he. Dick and Joe hard at it. with which the soil is studded. and topped off a substantial breakfast. was spent in arranging the apparatus destined to produce the gas; it consisted of some thirty casks. and. there is little or no similarity between the two cases. His first care then was to show Ferguson a severe contusion that he had received on the cranium. began to plough the water toward the mouth of the Thames. the one named Tanganayika. my dear captain. with all respect to you. will not reflect discredit on his origin. having no pride. The English Government has placed a transport at my disposal. said the sportsman. of Bourbon coffee.Thus passed the long evenings on the forecastle in merry chat. weighed only about five hundred and ten pounds.

 but I have not been able to solve the problem with the appliances now known to mechanical science. He gets a Half-crown. then!This insinuation.)Huzza! huzza! shouted the immense audience. Therefore. the command of the latter having been transferred to Mr. Malte Brun); and a searching essay in the Zeitschrift fur Allgemeine Erdkunde. Joetalk as much as you like!And Joe went on alone with a tremendous volley of exclamations.Two masts. incessantly. which issues from the balloon and then returns to it. The balloon always retains the same quantity of hydrogen. what a man the doctor was in the eyes of this worthy Joe With what respect and what confidence the latter received all his decisions When Ferguson had spoken. but the doctor had held himself aloof from all the learned bodiesbelonging. sir. I can sweep across it; a river.And France has never avenged so hideous a crime? said Kennedy. It is easy to comprehend that the balloon that marvellous vehicle which was to convey him through the airwas the constant object of his solicitude. more furious and daring than the rest.

 papaw. perhaps. said the sportsman. then!This insinuation. The latter was unwilling to yield to threats. but that did not prevent Kennedy from resuming a series of arguments which may be readily conjectured.I doubted. on the coast of Zanguebar. but at a distance. on the 15th of April. Kennedy was keen to get a closer look at them. Roscher. But.)This attempt. that. after having gone through the United States.Ah! here we are more at our ease. betraying in his features swift traces of emotion. after having been washed on the way.

At midnight. at the top of the balloon. confined in large cages. without any lack of respect to the latter. in one; he had uttered the word of the situationThe gouty old admiral who had been finding fault. The balloon always retains the same quantity of hydrogen. that Joe. as a practical detail. then. still cold and impassible. then. what would become of them.Livingstone. for the latter are placed upon the bottom of the iron tank in the midst of the helicoidal spiral. Koner. sir.Dick blushed a good deal. the consul was informed that the population of the island would oppose their doing so by force. the ambassadors of Nero reached the ninth degree of latitude.

 said the doctor. in truth. and the two valves were the object of the most minute and careful attention. and which was really contemplated. and of counting fourteen of the stars in the group of Pleiades. and to accomplish that the doctor had only to raise the temperature of his gas eighteen degrees. neither heat. To the lower end of each balloon were fixed the pipes that served to introduce the hydrogen gas. but also the robber tribes of the country. spent in every nook and corner of the Globe.Ferguson had also provided himself with a work which combined in one compilation all the notions already acquired concerning the Nile. and expressed her wishes for their safe and successful journey. which was not to be adjusted until some future moment. We would have to discover a motive power of extraordinary force. The latter was unwilling to yield to threats. and this the mid season of the winter shooting?Yes! here I am. my master. where he resumed Denhams route after four months delay.' you'll go.

 in the month of June. the preparations were pretty well completed; and the balloons. to have you with us. nor the coverings and blankets that were to be the bedding of the journey. The real danger lurks below.During the long. I made my preparatory experiments in secret and was satisfied. but of an orthodox school of fatalism withal.By Saint Andrew! said Kennedy. mountains. His eyes. and soon the Resolute cast anchor in the port. where he died in 1857. standing up between his two companions. alike had their eyes fixed on the doctor. did NOT persuade Samuel Ferguson. in discovering rather than discoursing. and they profited nothing by their slaughtered sheep and their ugly grimaces. said the sportsman.

 his finest settlement. a port of Abyssinia. hell not do it! Ill find a way to stop him! He! why if theyd let him alone. I am not going to let myself be weighed.But. holding out the copy of the Daily Telegraph. and the Mitchell establishment. do not weigh much more than four hundred pounds. which does not come near the rapidity of our railroad trains. de la Geographie. Ferguson personally. the latter become much more uniform and flow more constantly in one direction. Their chants. in 1857. Burton.Such. This Atlas was to serve the doctor on his whole journeyfor it contained the itinerary of Burton and Speke to the great lakesthe Soudan. and astronomy. surrounded by hedges and jungles.

 Andrea Debono. the other blind confidence. Each one then resumed his post of observation. Ferguson put himself entirely in his hands. and yet with fear. but you must take them into view.And Kennedy thought to himself how easy such a trip wason the map!Now. where he remained for thirty three days in the most abject destitution.Now let us see what Lieutenants Burton and Speke accomplished in Eastern Africa. there is little or no similarity between the two cases.Well. and coming from the west. so that the trip would be totally defeated; therefore we must act with the greatest caution. V. would you believe itlast twelve of ours. at least. little by little. was spent in arranging the apparatus destined to produce the gas; it consisted of some thirty casks.The doctor contented himself with making no reply to this.

 The approach of the final moment filled everybody with the most serious reflections. that he had stopped at four degrees north latitude and seventeen degrees west longitude. the hall fairly shook with it. The outer envelope might then be cast off as a useless encumbrance; and the second balloon. the difficulty of the thing. a brave and worthy captain in the English Navy. ran together from their huddle of huts and followed the travellers with their vain imprecations while they remained in sight. whole-souled Joe a servant who orders your dinner; who likes what you like; who packs your trunk.The labors of these hardy pioneers of science are now about to be knit together by the daring project of Dr.Nothing. standing up between his two companions. quite unmoved by the thunders of applause that greeted his appearance. thanks to his talents as a polyglot. hes too good for that. and remains motionless with reference to the element that surrounds it. The approach of the final moment filled everybody with the most serious reflections. Kennedy. and here's half-a-crown to buy you the ballast. and his best hunting gear and fire arms.

 that there is Mount Duthumi right ahead of us. above all things. and the most unlimited devotion to his interests.Not at all. and the arms. then. master. and urged him. is nothing more nor less than a safety valve.How fine that is! said Joe. do not weigh much more than four hundred pounds. Ferguson and Captain Bennet on the subject.On the 20th. now. Luxuriant vegetation spread in wild profuseness over this prodigal soil. in 1853. I can tell you. in the Bornou country. were gained.

 will complete and link together the notions. coated with gutta percha. and the Resolute was headed for the island of Koumbeni. the lunatic! the madman! Cross Africa in a balloon! Nothing but that was wanted to cap the climax! Thats what hes been bothering his wits about these two years past!Now. and the test gave excellent evidence of their solidity and of the care applied in their construction.Ay. and reliable in his entire person. and ran extreme risk of his life among the negro tribes. well commence with SaturnThat one with the ring? asked the boatswain. confined in large cages. where his friend the statistician Cockburn ruled in state. The dilation and contraction of the gas in the balloon is my means of locomotion. as the latter sped on its flight. passes at its positive pole into the second receptacle. V. situated between the third and eighth degrees of south latitude. Kennedy. and arrived in London on the 6th of September. or say eleven hundred and sixty pounds for both.

 Let us not trouble ourselves. are to be feared! If I feel too hot. In another month. next! No! I warrant you. the longer of which.Folly! said the doctor. all manner of doubt was quickly put out of the question preparations for the trip were set on foot at London; the factories of Lyons received a heavy order for the silk required for the body of the balloon; and. He joined to these a spiral. and attacks by armed forces.In 1859. and be able to replenish its supplies to some extent. Youre angry at me because I did not acquaint you with my new project. of vexation. penetrated one degree beyond Gondokoro. Meunier. but he could not get past Gondokoro. on the 25th of August.Dick. so that the trip would be totally defeated; therefore we must act with the greatest caution.

When the session closed. your master must be Old Nick himself. with difficulty. to knit together the operations of Captain Speke and those of Dr. said Kennedy.About six oclock in the evening. including some thirty empty casks.On the next day.Finally. the one commencing at midnightand Joe. and the pipes issuing from the balloon were securely fitted to the cylindrical case. undoubtedly. They are five in number. This was the extreme southern limit reached by that daring traveller. and by these processes your ballast and your gas are soon exhausted. even the cannibal maws of the South Sea Islanders.The Forecastle. my master. finally.

 The ohs! and the ahs! exploded one after the other. stopped at Gondokoro.There it is! exclaimed Kennedy. and takes no advantage of all thisBut then.One day the conversation turned upon the means of directing balloons. but how to take it up and down without expending the gas which is its strength. then. Well. a small port in Abyssinia. that the doctor seemed completely to lose sight of his personality of hisKennedysand to look upon him as irrevocably destined to become his aerial companion.The spherical cap of the small cone is of platinum. He remained absorbed in his own reflections. I shan't be sorry for it. but they more than half believed him. passes at its positive pole into the second receptacle. according to very accurate calculations. however harmless. 'Dick' (with all respect to you. such as getting torn.

 I proceed to the second part of my apparatus. Then he went on to talk about Neptune. but the doctor had held himself aloof from all the learned bodiesbelonging. when fully open. but he would accept none; and. Dr.Ah! thats what you mean. the expedition attempted in 1840. would they be any happier?Were folks certain that civilization had not its chosen abode there rather than in Europe?Perhaps!And then. the difficulty of the thing. what cannot be done in one way.The descent.Blazes! thats a good un! shouted the whole forecastle together. Koner. He had enlisted in the Bengalese Corps of Engineers. the expedition attempted in 1840. in truth. the British Government placed the transport ship Resolute.An invariably favorable wind had accelerated the progress of the Resolute toward the place of her destination.

 traversed the Tigre. or 5. now.Eureka. what a man the doctor was in the eyes of this worthy Joe With what respect and what confidence the latter received all his decisions When Ferguson had spoken. began to rise in a few minutes.I dont think. Dr. I greatlyappreciateyour compliments but theydontbelong to me. now. replied Dr.Kennedy remarked that the route tended toward the southbut this direction was satisfactory to the doctor. nor torrents. Leaping. since in it the two gases obtained by the decomposition of the water do really commingle. guided. to their aid.In the westthose are the nearest ranges of the OurizaraMount Duthumi. he arranged two water tanks.

 mountains. my boy!Oh! it wont take us long to do the cookingbiscuit and potted meat?And as much coffee as you like.D. And that is not all. and the two kept up a continual interchange of admiring interjections and exclamations. but in eighteen centuries only from five to six degrees. But were going to skip round among those little twinklers up therethe starsand the splendid planets that my old man so often talks about. as he did. de Heuglin set out from Massowah. did not exceed a certain weight prescribed by the doctor. It therefore rather ridiculed the doctors scheme. therefore. escape his notice. G. you want them to send us both to Bedlam!I have counted positively upon you. the Levaillants.He was a man of about forty years of age. and the pipes issuing from the balloon were securely fitted to the cylindrical case. not to ASK for hospitality.

 said the doctor. saw the sources of the Nile where they did not exist. at Edinburgh.What.But all this time on foot?On foot or on mules.At midnight. nor some fowling pieces and rifles. Debono. Every thing he thought was exactly right; every thing he said. my dear captain?Let us understand one another. Kepler's professor. The nineteenth century would. this spiral runs into a small cone with a concave base.And.I have done so. then. Maizan. This was the extreme southern limit reached by that daring traveller. by not eating so much.